OpenOffice or LibreOffice

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_savage
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OpenOffice or LibreOffice

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In order to digest DOC files usually written using Word, I access the UNO API from Python. This works fine most of the time (except when the built-in Python crashes or has other hick-ups).

But with OpenOffice and LibreOffice out there, I wonder how this impacts the API and how this impacts loading DOC files into Writer. What's your experience, where are pit-falls, which are advantages/disadvantages of one over the other?

Thanks :)
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Re: OpenOffice or LibreOffice

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You can install as many office suites as you have disc space.
Please, edit this topic's initial post and add "[Solved]" to the subject line if your problem has been solved.
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Re: OpenOffice or LibreOffice

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Villeroy wrote:You can install as many office suites as you have disc space.
I don't know how this answers my question.
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Go forward, don't hesitate, do your thing and run your code. Both applications are able to tell you anything you need to know.
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Re: OpenOffice or LibreOffice

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A more recent thread on this same topic: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=73389
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